All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 6 years agoJohnson urges against banning rugby anthem
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson does not think Swing Low, Sweet Chariot should be banned after the RFU announced it would review...
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/ 6 years agoKvesic sold on prospect of re-joining mentor Matt
By NEALE HARVEY Coach: Jonathan Thomas MATT Kvesic says being reunited with the man who kick-started his rugby career is one...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRugby must not go soft on the true red card offences
Winning start: Beauden Barrett helped Auckland Blues to victory over his old side the Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images ALL those supporters...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGoneva signs for swansong season in France
FORMER Premiership Player of the Year Niki Goneva is heading back to France after his contract with Harlequins runs out. The...
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/ 6 years agoJenkins comeback gives Blues fans needed boost
By ROB COLE Leader: Ellis Jenkins ELLIS Jenkins is set to return to action when the Cardiff Blues squad reassembles on...
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/ 6 years agoEvans states his case for seat on WRU Council
By ROB COLE IEUAN Evans admits to feeling the same tingle of excitement that greeted the first of his then record...
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/ 6 years agoBright: If you are in good shape age is just a number
By JON NEWCOMBE Veteran: Mark Bright is still going strong aged 41 EVERGREEN No.8 Mark Bright has plenty of examples to...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoKiwi crowds show they back their players
Igot to speak to Warren Gatland last week in the wake of rugby’s return in New Zealand. He was in great...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
You can subscribe to The Rugby Paper. Just fill out the form below and send your cheque for £20, £40 or...
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/ 6 years agoMallinder has big respect for Marcus
MARCUS Rashford’s efforts to ensure children don’t go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic is inspiring sports stars everywhere, says community- minded...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpeed bump
WHY are so many people banging on about quickening up the game. We have a fantastic product so stop trying to...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoChiefs have look of Euro champs
Europe crown awaits: Sam Simmonds scores Exeter’s fourth try against La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images NOW WE know the PRO14 will...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWe must make our clubs more user-friendly for the local fans
Q&A JOHN INVERDALE ON THE RECORD John Inverdale, star broadcaster and president of National Two Esher, has just taken on the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEveritt puts faith in kids for pyramid climb
NEWS EXTRA By JEREMY BLACKMORE NORWICH boss David Everitt says the club are rising like a phoenix from the ashes after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWinter rules
I CAN’T believe Jerry Guscott does not like watching rugby in the winter because it’s too wet and cold. As a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTest cauldron was relaxation for undercover cop Crowley
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby-playing police officers 1. Dan Crowley (Queensland and Australia) A...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoLeinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDriven by desire for Bristol’s champagne!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY HAYDN THOMAS THE FORMER EXETER CHIEFS, GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL SCRUM-HALF THE other day we had a 10th anniversary...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSuspend WR funding to force reform in Pacific
Fighting for change: PRPW CEO Dan Leo, second from left middle row, is leading the battle against corruption in Pacific Islands...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBuchanan fights on to save future for Llanelli
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE A YEAR ago Anthony Buchanan launched an ‘SOS’ appeal to try to safeguard the future of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoAll Black-slayer Carwyn deserved better than this
WHAT Carwyn James achieved during successive seasons had never been achieved before, nor since. He coached three teams to celebrated victories...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAltrad’s run for mayor hit by third cap scandal
FRENCH COLUMN Billionaire Mohed Altrad is running to be mayor of Montpellier - a position which would mean giving up the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEssential to feed the roots to grow game
WORLD Rugby have a vision of ‘Rugby as a sport for all’ and a mission to ‘Grow the global rugby family’,...
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/ 6 years agoClarke joins the cast in Dallas adventure
Alex Bywater talks to former Ospreys head coach Allen Clarke about his move to US Making a point: Ospreys then head...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoDream debut …then tutor to a rock star
IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBeauden gets a dig from his old mate Coles
SUPER RUGBY By SAMUEL JACKSON NEW Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett enjoyed victory over former side the Hurricanes on his Blues debut...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoTell the south to keep hands off our jewels
WHERE World Rugby’s plans for a global season are concerned there is a growing sense that the tail is wagging the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLeo is the Rashford figurehead for rugby
When it comes to set texts for students of the game - the unredacted script of Pitbull’s Punch-Ups, for instance, or...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoJantjies strikes a blow for the shamateurs
AS VARIOUS factions within the English game traded insults over accusations of players being forced to sign reduced contracts, a plaintive...
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/ 6 years agoRPA chief Hopley critical of ‘comical loophole’
PREMIERSHIP clubs have been scrambling to get players to sign new contracts and exploit a ‘loophole’ in new salary cap rules....
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoWill RFU use snatch squads over Swing Low?
THE decision by the RFU to launch a review of the historical context of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot shows how inept...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSaint-Andre will like ‘man with money’
MOHED Altrad, the moneybags of Montpellier, has been talking up the talents of Philippe-Saint Andre, the latest man charged with bringing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoSo stylish even Sir Clive came for a lesson
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE are very few rugby clubs that can claim to have...
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/ 6 years agoNow rugby men should take a knee says Yarde
By JON NEWCOMBE No swap: Jonny May WITH a new contract signed and sealed, Marland Yarde is looking forward to picking...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGatland must find a Tartan talisman
WARREN Gatland is already thinking about next year’s Lions tour of South Africa, on which he will be confronted by a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoChampion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards
IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up...
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/ 6 years agoHook plans to inspire the new generation – with his words
By NEALE HARVEY Versatile: James Hook JAMES HOOK will make it his business to inspire the next generation of Welsh playmakers...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBig guns snub call for rugby in summer
By PETER JACKSON Non! Paul Goze THE English and French clubs are refusing to sacrifice their traditional winter game on the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI was called some bad names but it never held me back
Lewis Ludlum explains his attitude to racial abuse in this exclusive interview LEWIS Ludlum’s story is a beacon of hope as...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GWILYM BRADLEY CARDIFF BLUES NO.7 When Gwilym Bradley suffered a serious wrist injury that wiped out his 2018/19 season and caused...
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/ 6 years agoEarl in a hurry to make his mark with the Bears
By NEALE HARVEY Making a splash: Ben Earl scores for Saracens against Northampton Saints PICTURE: Getty Images BACK ROW dervish Ben...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEarl eyes up Prem crown
England flanker Ben Earl is gunning for Premiership glory on loan at Bristol from Saracens Full Story: P5 PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLEWIS LUDLUM ON…
…The dedication of his dad, Arron My dad had never been involved in rugby at all, but after England won the...
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/ 6 years agoPhillips wants rebirth of Ospreys galacticos
By ADAM ELLIS Glory days: Kristian Phillips playing for the Ospreys PICTURES: Getty Images KRISTIAN Phillips hopes the takeover of the...
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/ 6 years agoRadford switches codes to join the Jackals
By JON NEWCOMBE Rugby League Challenge Cup-winning coach Lee Radford has landed his first job in professional Rugby Union - as...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWales face oblivion in new World Club Cup
By PETER JACKSON WALES will be without a single contender for the proposed World Club Cup unless all four regional teams...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland’s spoilt for choice for speed
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… WINGS THE 2021 Lions...
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/ 6 years agoKlim latest to join revamped Reds
JERSEY Reds have signed Namibia international wing Lesley Klim ahead of the 2020-21 Championship season. Klim, 25, played twice at the...
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/ 6 years agoRobshaw off to USA
F0ego Legion in the MLR. The 66-cap flanker, 34, who last week agreed to stay at Harlequins until the suspended Premiership...
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